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| Produce saliva which helps to chemically breakdown the food and breaks down the carbohydrates in the food. Salivary Glands create a digestive enzyme called salivary amylase, also known as saliva. |
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| The pharynx is shared by the respitory system and the digrestive system and helps distinguish between food and air. The epiglottis then sorts the incoming substance into food or air, and depending on what it is, either sends it down the wind pipe (trachea) or the esophogas. |
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| The esophagus is a muscular tube that runs from the mouth to the stomach, and moves food down in a muscular pattern known as peristalis. |
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| The stomach is involved in mechanical and chemical breakdown of food, it churns the food and grinds it up, while chemically breaking it down with digestive enzymes like hydrochloric acid. |
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| The liver performs multiple functions, it breaks down toxins such as alcohol, it stores glycogen, and It produces Bile which is essential for breaking down fats. |
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| Is a substance that is created in the stomach and is moved to the small intestine. |
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| Bile is stored in the Gall bladder. Bile is eventually sent to the small intestine. |
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| The pancreas creates a pancreatic fluid which is funneled into the small intestine with Bile and Chyme. |
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| The pancreas creates a pancreatic fluid which is funneled into the small intestine with Bile and Chyme. |
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| Is where pancreatic fluids, bile, and Chyme all mix together and breakdown peptides, disacherides, and fats. Then small fingerlike projections called villi absorb the nutrients. |
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| Absorbs the water that the small intestine did not get, and finally contracts the remaining material into feces, lubricates it, and sends it through the anus. |
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| Is created in the liver and is essential for breaking down fat. |
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| Is created in the liver and is essential for breaking down fat. |
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| Helps breakdown the nutrients in Chyme, and lowers its PH level. |
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| A fluid formed in the stomach that contains proteins, disaccharides, and fats. It is made of gastric fluid and food particles. |
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| dissolves minerals, and kills bacteria. Also ensures that pepsinogen is turned into pepsin. |
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| Is a low Ph substance that is a digestive enzyme, and helps break complex protein molecules into smaller amino acid chains. |
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| pumps blood throughout the body and serves as an engine. |
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| carry blood throughout the body |
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| carry blood throughout the body |
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| carries oxygen and nutrients to different parts of the body. |
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| carries oxygen and nutrients to different parts of the body. |
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| The artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. |
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| The large vein carrying blood from the upper part of the body. |
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| The right anterior chamber of the heart |
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| The vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. |
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| The vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. |
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| Valve that separates the ventricles from the large vessels on each side of the heart. |
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| A oneway valve separating each atrium from the ventricle beneath it. |
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| The large vein carrying blood from the lower part of the body. |
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| The largest artery in the human body; carries blood from the left ventricle to systematic circulation. |
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| The artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. |
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| The vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. |
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| Pumps blood to the lungs. |
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| Pumps blood to the other parts of the body. |
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